Dior’s Kim Jones turns curator for Sotheby’s New York

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Before he launched his revolutionary couture house, Christian Dior opened an art gallery on Rue La Bo\u00e9tie in Paris, with his friend Jacques Bonjean, which exhibited works by artists including Andr\u00e9 Breton, Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso.\nIn his role as artistic director of Dior\u2019s menswear, Kim Jones has upheld...

, collaborating with a host of artists on show set installations and clothing collaborations, from Daniel Arsham to Hajime Sorayama. He is also an avid collector himself, hunting for furniture pieces by the Omega Workshop and amassing clothing designed by Vivienne Westwood, Leigh Bowery and Christopher Nemeth.

‘It has been especially exciting to see the ways in which Kim has helped shape the conversation between fashion and art through his collaborations with some of the most important and high-profile artists working today, particularly for a younger generation who may be more familiar with the work of an artist like Kaws than say Andy Warhol,’ says Charlotte Van Dercook, head of Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auctions in New York.

 

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